[THE INVESTOR] June sales of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class in Korea set a new monthly record, industry data showed on July 11.

According to industry data, the sales of S-Class vehicles -- including 84 units of Mercedes-Maybach S-Class vehicles -- came in at 1,332 units in June. The previous monthly sale record for the model was 1,242 units set in January 2015. 


Sales in June is thought to have been boosted further by the resumption of S350d sales. Mercedes-Benz Korea had halted S350d sales after it came to light in February that the model’s transmission had been upgraded to the nine-speed version. At the time the S350d models had been approved for import with seven-speed transmission. In June, the first month of resumed S350d line sales, 760 units of the vehicles were sold in the local market.

By Choi He-suk (cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)